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Don’t Wear White After Labor Day – Louisiana, Do You Know Why?
In Morgan City, Louisiana the booths are being prepared, the stages are being built, the power lines are being run, and the funnel cakes are about to be dropped into the grease. It is the annual celebration of seafood and oil that's known as the Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival.
Louisiana Blue Named Official Health Insurance of LSU Athletics
BATON ROUGE — Two Louisiana institutions – LSU Athletics and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana – have announced a new, multi-year, multimedia rights partnership. Louisiana Blue is now the Official Health Insurance of LSU Athletics. “We are thrilled to partner with LSU Athletics as the...
Stormy times ahead with heavy rains possible
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Stormy periods are on the way as a wet pattern settles in along the Gulf Coast heading into the holiday weekend. A quiet early morning will give way to a stormy lunch and afternoon period today. Rain chances are up to 80% and some of those storms will be quite heavy. Even though we’ve been dry, street flooding is a possibility due to the tropical downpours that are possible. The benefit to the clouds and rain will be temperature generally staying in the 80s through the day.
SWLA Arrest Report - August 28, 2024
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - The Calcasieu Correctional Center booking report for August 28, 2024. Ronrika Cortez Ben, 39, Lafaette: Theft under $5,000; burglary of an inhabited dwelling (2 charges); theft under $25,000; burglary of an inhabited dwelling (2 charges); aggravated burglary; possession of a firearm by a person previously convicted of felonies (2 charges); theft of a firearm; instate detainer (7 charges); aggravated burglary; theft of a firearm; burglary.
City, state leaders push to honor Hurricane Katrina as a Louisiana holiday
NEW ORLEANS — Nineteen years ago one of America's deadliest hurricanes struck the city of New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina was a category three storm that ended up being one of the country's most costly natural disasters. Nearly two decades on, the city is still healing. Now city and state...
Thursday Marks A First Ever For Black Bears In Louisiana
While the odds of winning tonight's Mega Millions $575 million jackpot are incredibly less, hunters will soon have the chance at a lottery of their own. The black bear population in Louisiana has returned to a level where Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries felt there was need for population reduction, so starting this Thursday, August 29, Louisiana will open a "lottery" to issue permits for legal bear harvesting.
Student accused of making threats against DeRidder High
By Emily Burleigh Beauregard Parish students were put on lockdown on Wednesday after a threat was posted to social media by a local student. Beauregard Parish School Board Superintendent Larry Hollie said in a statement that DeRidder High School and local law enforcement were informed of the threat. All BPSB schools were subsequently put on […]
Aug. 29th: The wounds may never fully heal, but the Spirit of Louisiana will live forever
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall as a Category 3 storm. It would be one of the most deadly and costly natural disasters in our nation's history. The federal levees broke. New Orleans and its surrounding areas flooded. Close to 1,400 known people died, but many bodies were...
Don’t risk it: Insure yourself to protect yourself
An auto accident can be a traumatic experience for any driver, but sometimes the aftermath is just as devastating. If you cause an accident, imagine realizing you don’t have adequate insurance to cover bills for injured parties and damages. What if you or a family member was injured because of someone else’s negligence?
New report uncovers widespread inhumane treatment of immigrants at Louisiana ICE centers
A new report by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Louisiana has revealed significant physical and sexual abuse of detained migrants within Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers in the state including, in some instances, abuses the abuses which "meet the definitions of torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment under international human rights treaties."
Lacassine Native Now Nashville Country Artist Chase Ryan Concert Tonight In Lake Charles
Get ready Southwest Louisiana as hometown boy Chase Ryan is returning to Southwest Louisiana and more specifically, Lake Charles tonight to perform his first concert. Chase is one of Nashville’s fastest-rising stars!. Chase Ryan's real name is Chase Guillory who is from the Lacassine,/Iowa, Louisiana area after high school...
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